Timeline: The Turning point of My Family and My life: Our Sister's Graduation
Artifact: Photo
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2. A picture of at my sister's graduation with other family members
3. Primary source
4. The ceremony symbolized the growing up of my sister, the eldest child of the family.
5. This can remind us that family was and is still a big part of the journey she has encountered and will encounter.
Artifact: Document
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2. The invitation to the graduation ceremony.
3. Primary source
4. Proves the ceremony and graduation of the Class of 2011 to be happening at a specific place and time.
5. To this day, the invitation lasts as a reminder to our family of this event and allows us to remember the importance of it.
Source 3
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Translation: How would you describe Dongju, your daughter’s graduation?
“Well there are two things, one is that Dongju is Mom and Dad’s first child so she always has this special feeling towards us. However if you compare to our graduation, there are some cultural differences between your sister and your parents’ time. In our day, we never really thought much of our graduation but going to Dongju’s graduation I noticed that the ceremony was very serious and a big event to those who attended, so I enjoyed the ceremony a lot feeling that. So to conclude, one is that our eldest child had grown well and the other is the comparison from my graduation and your sister’s graduation.”
How did you feel about her and the event afterwards?
“Truthfully, if Dongju had grown up in Korea at a Korean school, even after she graduated she would’ve stayed here with us and the people that we know. The graduation was not just something about ending high school, but also about leaving us in Korea and living on her own in America. On one side I was very sad and thrilled but on another I was very proud of her.”
Would you say this was a turning point in your life? If so, why?
“Maybe, in some sense. But, like I told you before, your mom and I got married in 1990, had her in 1994 and after 10 or so years, she’s ready to move on and live on her own. Well, it might not be actually on her own but the notion that she had grown up enough to live by herself was some kind of a turning point for me too. It also made me think, that oh, now I’m in one of the “old people group” and that my duty to her was done, now that she make her own life happy and make changes to it by herself.”
2. Interview on my Father's recount on my sister's graduation
3. Secondary source
4. Our Father was an important role in the graduation of Dongju, therefore his opinion on it is important also.
5. The interview can tell us the cultural difference my Dad felt towards us, as their children, and how he also thinks importantly of how we grow and experience our lives.
The Turning point of My Family and My life: Our Sister's Graduation
Artifact: Photo
1.
2. A picture of at my sister's graduation with other family members
3. Primary source
4. The ceremony symbolized the growing up of my sister, the eldest child of the family.
5. This can remind us that family was and is still a big part of the journey she has encountered and will encounter.
Artifact: Document
1.
2. The invitation to the graduation ceremony.
3. Primary source
4. Proves the ceremony and graduation of the Class of 2011 to be happening at a specific place and time.
5. To this day, the invitation lasts as a reminder to our family of this event and allows us to remember the importance of it.
Source 3
1.
Translation:
How would you describe Dongju, your daughter’s graduation?
“Well there are two things, one is that Dongju is Mom and Dad’s first child so she always has this special feeling towards us. However if you compare to our graduation, there are some cultural differences between your sister and your parents’ time. In our day, we never really thought much of our graduation but going to Dongju’s graduation I noticed that the ceremony was very serious and a big event to those who attended, so I enjoyed the ceremony a lot feeling that. So to conclude, one is that our eldest child had grown well and the other is the comparison from my graduation and your sister’s graduation.”
How did you feel about her and the event afterwards?
“Truthfully, if Dongju had grown up in Korea at a Korean school, even after she graduated she would’ve stayed here with us and the people that we know. The graduation was not just something about ending high school, but also about leaving us in Korea and living on her own in America. On one side I was very sad and thrilled but on another I was very proud of her.”
Would you say this was a turning point in your life? If so, why?
“Maybe, in some sense. But, like I told you before, your mom and I got married in 1990, had her in 1994 and after 10 or so years, she’s ready to move on and live on her own. Well, it might not be actually on her own but the notion that she had grown up enough to live by herself was some kind of a turning point for me too. It also made me think, that oh, now I’m in one of the “old people group” and that my duty to her was done, now that she make her own life happy and make changes to it by herself.”
2. Interview on my Father's recount on my sister's graduation
3. Secondary source
4. Our Father was an important role in the graduation of Dongju, therefore his opinion on it is important also.
5. The interview can tell us the cultural difference my Dad felt towards us, as their children, and how he also thinks importantly of how we grow and experience our lives.